Quail Lake is a lakeside community with breathtaking Clovis homes, spectacular water views, and a serene relaxing setting.   Quail lake was architecturally designed to create a community like no other.  One of the many benefits to living at Quail Lake is its community events.  The 2010 Quail Lake Community Events have just been released.

Quail Lake – 2010 Community Events

• February 19 – Love Wine & Chocolate – Clubhouse
• March 27th – Easter – Easter Egg Hunt
• April 24th – Nature Tour
• May15th – Parking Lot Sale
• June 26th – Summer Celebration
• August 7th – Movie Night in the Park – Clubhouse
• Sept 25th – Chili Cook Off & Car Show
• October 31st – Halloween – Trunk or Treat
• November 13th – Thanksgiving – Lets be Thankful
• December 4th – Holiday Open House

Thinking About Living at Quail Lake?

There are a number of Quail Lake homes for sale. Prices range from the $200,000’s to over $1 million. Click here to receive a FREE list of current Quail Lake homes for sale, including any Quail Lake foreclosures.

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Because Quail Lake offers lakeside resort-style living just outside the city of Clovis, boasts one of the top charter schools in the state, has breathtaking Clovis homes with water views, and a serene setting, Quail Lake homes are more popular than ever. In fact, many homes for sale at Quail Lake sell within just a few days.

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What is ClovisFest?

There are a number of reasons why Clovis, CA is one of the most sought after places to live in the Central Valley / Fresno area.  While the Clovis Unified School System is a big draw for many families, activities like ClovisFest are just another reason why so many Californians are eager to relocate or move to Clovis.

ClovisFest is a 35 year old Clovis tradition that takes place on the 3rd weekend every September.  The two-day event offers carnival rides, food, and music over 10 square blocks in Old Town Clovis.

One main ClovisFest attraction is the hot air balloons.  Each morning at 6:15 am the balloons prepare for lift-off scheduled for 7:00 am at the Clovis Rodeo Grounds.  About 5,000 make the early morning trek and enjoy a hot cinnamon roll as the Balloonist prepare for lift off (weather permitting).  Once in flight, the beautiful balloons can be seen for miles, creating a breathtaking backdrop against the Sierra Nevada mountain range.

Across the street the ClovisFest Fair kicks off at 8:00 am with over 250 ClovisFest Arts and Craft and Food Vendors on Pollasky Avenue between 3rd and 7th Street.  Visitors are treated to an all Valley Car Show, multi-cultural food faire, live entertainment, family carnival, pony rides, beer garden and more.

Best of all, ClovisFest is FREE to the public with FREE parking.  If you missed this year’s ClovisFest, try to make it for ClovisFest 2010.  Next year promises to be another great Clovis Chamber of Commerce sponsored event.  Each year it draws around 70,000 people and continues to grow.

Clovis Real Estate

If you’ve been thinking about relocating or moving to Clovis, let us know.  ClovisFest is just one of the many reasons why people love living in Clovis.  We’ll help you find a great home with fantastic schools in the ideal neighborhood.

Located in the heart of California, Clovis has access to a vast number of top recreation opportunities.  Whatever your sport, recreation, or entertainment taste, Clovis and its nearby venues has just about everything.

Sport Venues: Because of its central location, Clovis is in close proximity to hundreds of professional, university, college, high school, and other amateur sport teams and organizations. In fact, Clovis is only a short commute to many leading sport venues and entertainment events in the world! The Super Bowl, World Series, Rose Bowl, The Masters Golf Tournament, NCAA Tournament, and the Olympics are just some of the games and events that have taken place in nearby cities in California.

Drive to 3 National Parks

Recreation Events: Clovis is located in Fresno County which is home to some of the worlds most sought after recreation and entertainment destinations. Each year millions of people from across the world come to the Fresno area to backpack, rock climb, mount climb, or hike the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Breathtaking scenery, spectacular canyons, cascading rivers and waterfalls, and endless trails are found throughout the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Yosemite, Sequoia, & Kings Canyon National Parks. You can enjoy year-round activities like whitewater rafting, mountain biking, canoeing, jet skiing, sailing, or golf.  Enjoy great year-round warm weather.  Just a short drive away, there’s snowboarding, skiing, ice-skating, and snowshoeing just to name a few of the sport activities to choose from.

Entertainment: Located on the Fresno State campus (which adjoins Clovis) is the Save Mart Center, considered one of the premier Event Centers on the West Coast. Notable artists who have performed at the Save Mart Center include: Madonna, Beyonce, Elton John, Aerosmith, Gwen Stefani, Prince, The Rolling Stones, and many of the American Idol stars just to name a few.  If you like entertainment, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to see the best entertainment.

Clovis is a great place to live!  Let’s us know if you’re relocating or are considering moving here.  We’ll help you find the best house and neighborhood that suits your needs.

If the American dream for most people is to own their own home, then building one from scratch is utopia.  If you’re ever walked through any of the Clovis builders’ model homes, you’ve likely been lured by their by their savvy-marketing tactics.  Their homes are beautiful and initially the price tag looks about the same as the other homes on the market.  So why wouldn’t you build new?  In this short series of New Home Construction Secrets, we’ll share with you 5 things builders don’t tell you about their price tag.

Upgrades. It’s no secret that builders wow customers with their home staging and upgrades.  Who doesn’t enjoy walking through a model home on a lazy Sunday afternoon.  Unfortunately, some builder’s model homes resemble “bait and switch” schemes if you’re not careful.  In other words, the model home you walked through is NOT the home you’ll be receiving.  In fact, it’s not even close.  Builders typically add $200,000 – $300,000 in upgrades to their model homes.  That means if you want the home you just saw – the one you fell in love with – then just add that much to the price tag sheet they handed you.  How’s that for “honest”  marketing?

I’ve always thought there should be a law that requires builders to prominently post  specifically what’s been upgraded, what those upgrades cost, and then lists the total cost of the model home.  They do that with new cars, why not with new homes?

Wrap Up. To be fair, there are two Clovis builders who are upfront about their model homes.  Lennar Homes is a “what you see is what you get” builder.  When you walk through their model homes, everything is included (except the furniture).  Wathen-Constanos homes have a sheet inside their model homes which lists the upgraded features.  However, Wathen doesn’t list the cost of the upgrades so it’s hard to know how much more the features you see actually cost.  But it’s a start.

Before you visit any home builder, contact us.  We’ll go with you and point out what is and isn’t included to make sure you get the best deal in new home construction.

Clovis Real Estate – “You’ll Love It Here!”